Planking is the new Icing?

Well, maybe not. But, let's put it this way. I basically live in a bubble that consists of work, gchat, beer and reality TV. Sometimes I hear about things (like Dennis Hopper dying...LAST YEAR. WHAT?! I just found about this last night. I checked the dates on this and I was in Israel when it happened...so I can kind of give myself a pass for not knowing that but yikes. I remember Rue McLanahan dying during that time, and a few people telling me...but seriously, people/friends/anyone who talks to me...if you hear of a celebrity dying or being on drugs or starting a new fragrance line or coming to my neighborhood, even if you think I know, LET ME KNOW! And especially if I'm out of the country, keep me posted. I would do the same for you...assuming I know the news to begin with...which...re-reading this sentence it seems like I won't but uh), but most of the time, I don't. And yet, I present myself as a functioning adult (who's wearing plastic shoes to work today...uh).

That being said, if a fad penetrates my bubble, and gets me thinking, I assume that it's the new sliced bread and that everyone knows about it and is into it, too.

You might recall that last year I was very into the idea of icing. My cousin told me about it, nonchalantly, not realizing he was changing my life, by saying that these 'bro-y' type guys he knew were into it. He implied it was stupid.

For the next few weeks/months/probably years when all is said and done, I talked with everyone I knew about icing. What it meant. How to do it. I got iced. I iced back. I did some soul searching and contemplated the lengths I would go to pull off a good icing (the USPS was involved...). I was happy.

Cut to 2011 and the new, I believe, version of icing. Or is it?

Have you all heard about planking? No, I'm not talking about yoga though...huh...it's been two weeks since I got my wisdom teeth out, and now that I'm back from Bonnaroo, I should probably go. Huh...I should...I REALLY should. But first, I'm going to go to this:

Well, planking is this thing where....AH...MIND IS FROZEN...let me find a source to explain it to you (it's just like being in college again) 'The lying down game (also known as planking,^[1] or face downs) is an activity, popular in various parts of the world, consisting of lying face down in an unusual or incongruous location. The hands must touch the sides of the body, and having a photograph of the participant taken and posted on the Internet is an integral part of the game'

WAIT A SECOND - is wikipedia (yeah, that's where I got this) really linking to an article about the INTERNET! IF YOU CAN USE WIKIPEDIA, it's safe to say you know what the Internet is! GEEFZ.

Anyway, I had heard about planking a while ago and saw some pictures...but didn't really get it.



For some reason (read: beer) , when we were out last night for the US AIR GUITAR CHAMPIONSHIPS (just like in my last entry, I'm shredding but you can't see...na na na na na), we decided that planking would be a good idea. MAN. IT IS REALLY FUNNY to try and plank. The idea of just lying flat down...especially when you're out in a public place...I can't really describe it. It's like when you eat a good doughnut...you just know you're in the right place at the right time...right? Weird example.

In conclusion, here are some pictures of us planking. Anyone else into this? (Yes, regardless of what you might have heard, or what I might have told you, I do, kind of, care what you have to say about some things. Maybe.) OVER AND OUT.

Can you guess who is who?